When Fletcher Driscoll was 12, his life flashed before his eyes as he headed for an ice heave on White Bear Lake. He was piloting an 18-foot Skeeter, a Formula One race car on blades.
When Fletcher Driscoll was 12, his life flashed before his eyes as he headed for an ice heave on White Bear Lake. He was piloting an 18-foot Skeeter, a Formula One race car on blades.
WHITE BEAR LAKE — Disappointed that bills related to the chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) failed this session, the five women who lobbied the Legislature to ban the carcinogen refuse to give up.
ST. PAUL — Thanks to a few local moms-turned-lobbyists and area legislators, historic legislation to help dyslexic and other struggling readers was included in the 2019 Education Omnibus bill.
For the first time, astronauts have used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to edit DNA in space — and Mounds View High School students were part of it.
A flag was first carried into battle on Sept. 11, 1777, in the Battle of the Brandywine. The American flag was first saluted by foreign naval vessels on Feb. 14, 1778, when the Ranger, bearing the Stars and Stripes and under the command of Captain Paul Jones, arrived in a French port. The fl…
Four people have died in Washington County of suspected overdoses within the last two weeks.
After putting in hard work preparing for future careers, seven students will graduate from the Mahtomedi Public Schools Passages Transition Program June 5.
A group of northern Minnesota print and digital news publications are now part of neighboring Northstar Media, Inc., a company owned by Gene and Carter Johnson.
WHITE BEAR LAKE — One of two robbers of an auto parts store was sentenced to 20 years in prison on six counts of interfering with commerce by robbery in federal court May 29.
As the 2019 fishing and boating season gets underway, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is continuing and expanding a multi-faceted approach to combating the spread of starry stonewort, an aquatic invasive species.
BAYPORT—Xcel Energy announced on Monday, May 20 that it will retire the Allen S. King coal plant in Bayport by 2028, more than a decade ahead of schedule.
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-day, we are running a column by Ernie Pyle, considered one of history’s greatest war correspondents. His column, written six days after the Normandy invasion, and photographs of Pyle, have been made available by the National Newspaper Association…
WYOMING — A 911 caller reporting an active shooter inside a Wyoming home falsified her report, according to the Wyoming Police Department.
Retired Air Force Sgts. Phil and Heather Erickson sailed for the first time on White Bear Lake this May.
In a home garden, native plants preferred by pollinators can go side-by-side with non-native plants.
LINO LAKES — As many as 100 K-9s and their handlers from all over the state and surrounding states — including Wisconsin and North Dakota — will visit Lino Lakes next month to be certified and compete for awards.
A new company in Centerville hopes to help its clients recover quickly from injuries while also preventing unnecessary pain medications, injections and surgeries.
One of history’s most solemn days, Memorial Day is an American holiday that honors the men and women who died while serving in the United States military.
Sharon DeRaad never got to meet her Uncle Dante; he died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor years before she was born. But this Memorial Day weekend, she'll drive from Forest Lake to Virginia, Minnesota, to attend his funeral and witness his remains buried alongside those of her gran…
WHITE BEAR LAKE — In a chapter from his anthology, “Pocket Neighborhoods and the Scale of Sociability,” Ross Chapin compares his hometown with Lake Wobegon, the fictional place brought to life by former radio host Garrison Keillor.
Press stringer and Grant resident Shannon Riley happened to be traveling to Paris the day after Notre Dame burned. She was visiting her daughter Olivia Genereux, a 2012 Mahtomedi grad who is working in the French capital for six months and celebrating her wedding anniversary with husband Joe…
WHITE BEAR LAKE — The human-powered party bikes known as pedal pubs are a familiar sight on the streets of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. This summer, one local company will take that idea and add water, offering 90-minute booze cruises of White Bear Lake.
Since robins are supposed to be the heralds of spring, there is inevitable confusion every year when someone or other notices that there are robins around even in the depths of the Minnesota winter freeze.
Hwy. 36 from Century Avenue to Interstate 694 will be closed for eastbound traffic from 8 p.m. Friday, May 17, to 5 a.m. Monday, May 20, for the installation of a storm sewer across the highway. For more information, call 651-430-6026.
SAINT PAUL — On Friday, May 3, Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) signed into law a bill that will rename a portion of Hwy. 95 after fallen corrections officer Joseph Gomm. The bill, authored by Sen. Karin Housley (R-St. Marys Point) had previously passed the House and Senate with unanimous support.Gomm wa…
WHITE BEAR LAKE — Upset that a downtown bus station would take precious parking spaces, the owners of Beartown Bar & Grill are working on a compromise with the powers that be.
Between 11 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday, 170 area seniors receive a friendly knock on the door. It's their Meals on Wheels volunteer delivering a well-balanced lunch.
Flying planes and renovating homes are two of Tracy Belcher’s passions. Both endeavors require a well-calculated plan to limit risks. But starting Red Door Renovations LLC as a new business venture mid-career took less caution and more daring. A pilot can understand that. But unlike flying, …
The Anoka Conservation District (ACD) has come up with a patented technology that helps home and business owners and government agencies throughout Anoka County, the state and all over the U.S.
A 2017 Centennial High School graduate and his teammates took their robotics skills to the first-ever Land Land O'Lakes Bot Shot competition April 7 at DeLaSalle High School for a chance to win $10,000 and shoot around with basketball legends David Robinson and Christian Laettner.
Thousands of pottery enthusiasts will flock to the St. Croix Valley this Mother’s Day weekend for the 27th annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour.
Lincoln Elementary kindergarten teacher Abby Kath, a 2002 White Bear alumna, is the 2019 White Bear Lake Area Schools Teacher of the Year.
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP — Air monitoring conducted around Water Gremlin since March 1 shows a reduction in dichloroethylene (DCE) concentrations, according to a recent report by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
Don Craighead has been selected as the 2019 J. Stanley and Doris Hill Legacy Award recipient. Established by the Century College Foundation, the Mahtomedi Area Educational Foundation and the White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation, the award honors the memory of Stan and Doris Hill for t…
WHITE BEAR LAKE — The recently formed nonprofit Neighborhood Concerned Citizens Group continues to watchdog both Water Gremlin and state legislation regulating a toxic chemical no longer used at the plant on Otter Lake Road.
WHITE BEAR LAKE — The lake level legal fight is not over.
In a scenario that felt all too real, Centennial High School (CHS) juniors and seniors found out what it would be like to lose one of their own in a simulated mock crash.
The Holy Hammers, a group of volunteers from northeast metro churches, has been pounding hammers for Habitat for Humanity for 20 years.
There are warning signs when a teen is at risk of being trafficked.
A group of Mounds View High School students is organizing a community walk to bring mental health awareness and suicide prevention into the light.
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